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Infamous Storm botnet rises from the grave

After blowing itself out 18 months ago, the notorious Storm botnet is back, researchers from CA said Tuesday. Storm - once responsible for churning out 20 percent of the world's spam - started to peter out in September 2007, when Microsoft targeted it through the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Some 274,372 demonized PCs were …

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Unhappy

Frist!!?

Hmm, that's funny. I'd been seeing an increase in spam over the past several weeks that had me feeling like it was 2008 or so again. Sildenafil and that sort of thing. Plus an increase in really bad 419 scams. Coincidence?

Grenade

Idiots

So who are the idiots that reply to this spam & buy enough stuff that makes it worth doing?!

Couldn't they maybe sign up for it and spare the rest of us?

It's all due to the SADDO's

who actually follow links in this shite.

Some people just deserve to be smacked as hard as possible.

So is this the "Storm 2?"

If so, who does RIM throw lawyers at for trademark infringement?

Flame

Does

anyone actually but stuff from these links? If they do, their computer should be taken from them and crushed!

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